With the Yankees fresh off another overnight flight and their lineup looking a little sleepy, the Bombers suffered a rare loss to the Twins on Monday at Target Field.

Simeon Woods Richardson led the way in Minnesota’s 7-0 victory, as the right-hander struck out a career-high 11 batters over six scoreless innings. The former Mets prospect also held the Yankees to two hits while walking three batters over 92 pitches.

Woods Richardson had completed six innings just one other time this season. But with the 24-year-old pitching the game of his young career, the Yankees began baseball’s easiest remaining stretch of schedule with a loss to a team that they had previously gone 125-45 against since 2002.

With 12 games left in the regular season and the Blue Jays beating the Rays in extras on

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